Gisele Bunchden on Brady-Moynahan Baby: I 'Already Feel Like He's My Son'

Tom Brady and Gisele Bundchen are married. And Brady has a child. But it's not Gisele's child (it's Bridget Moynahan's.). One would have to imagine that makes things a touch awkward around the household.

However, according to a recent article in Vanity Fair, Gisele not only embraces the child, but rather awkwardly thinks of the baby as a child of her own.

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After John Edward Thomas Moynahan was born, in August 2007, Brady and Gisele began shuttling between Boston, where Brady's football team is based, and Los Angeles, where Moynahan lives. "When we are in L.A. we have Johnny 50 percent of the time," Gisele says. "He's a little angel-the sweetest, most cuddly, loving baby. I feel blessed to have him in my life."

[...]Despite their commitment to spending time with John, however, Gisele has never met his mother. "I understand that he has a mom, and I respect that, but to me it's not like because somebody else delivered him, that's not my child. I feel it is, 100 percent," Gisele says. "I want him to have a great relationship with his mom, because that's important, but I love him the same way as if he were mine. I already feel like he's my son, from the first day."

Now, of course it's fantastic that Gisele is excited about playing a supportive role for Brady's child; and Lord knows I'm sure she had to go through a lot throughout the entire "marrying a famous guy while he's busy tending to his supermodel ex-girlfriend's baby" thing. That doesn't seem easy by any stretch of the imagination.

At the same time though, I have to think that comments like these -- as much as they may be intended to enhance and cultivate the relationship between Gisele and Moynahan -- tend to come off as purposeful and a little aggressive. By staking a claim to a child that is not hers, she seems, to me at least, to be kind of/sort of provoking Moynahan in public.

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Brazil's top model Gisele Bundchen, right, and U.S. American football star Tom Brady pose for a photograph in Horizontina, southern Brazil, Saturday, March 14, 2009. According to O Estado de Sao Paulo newspaper the two arrived to spend their "honeymoon" in Brazil but there was no official confirmation of the report.(AP Photo/Tadeu Vilani/Agencia RBS)

NEW YORK - MAY 05: (FILE PHOTO) Actress/model Gisele Bundchen and athlete Tom Brady arrive to the Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute Gala, Superheroes: Fashion and Fantasy, held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 5, 2008 in New York City. Bundchen married Brady before family and friends in a church on February 26, 2009 in Los Angeles, California, according to online news reports. (Photo by Andrew H. Walker/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Gisele Bundchen;Tom Brady

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NEW YORK - MARCH 11: (FILE PHOTO) Model Gisele Bundchen (L) and New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady attend the opening of Ermenegildo Zegna Global Store on 5th Avenue on March 11, 2008 in New York City. Bundchen married Brady before family and friends in a church on February 26, 2009 in Los Angeles, California, according to online news reports. (Photo by Amy Sussman/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Tom Brady;Gisele Bundchen

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(FILES) Brazilian supermodel Gisele Bundchen presents an outfit by Colcci as part of the 2009 Spring-Summer collections of the Sao Paulo Fashion Week, in Sao Paulo, Brazil, in this June 22, 2008 file photo. Supermodel Gisele Bundchen and American football star Tom Brady have wed in a low-key ceremony in California, People magazine reported Friday. Bundchen, 28, and Brady, 31, "quietly got married in a small, private ceremony" in Santa Monica, California on Thursday, the magazine said citing unnamed sources. It was the first marriage for both. AFP PHOTO/Nelson ALMEIDA (Photo credit should read NELSON ALMEIDA/AFP/Getty Images)

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Brazilian supermodel Gisele Bundchen (C) waves as Imperio Serrano samba school members perform down the Sambodrome on the first night of the Carnival samba school parade in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on February 22, 2009. Carnival is the biggest and most popular celebration in Brazil and runs throughout the country until February 24. AFP PHOTO/VANDERLEI ALMEIDA (Photo credit should read VANDERLEI ALMEIDA/AFP/Getty Images)

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Brazilian super model, Gisele Bundchen watches as Imperio Serrano samba school members perform down the Sambodrome on the first night of the Carnival parade in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on February 22, 2009. Carnival is the biggest and most popular celebration in Brazil and runs throughout the country until February 24. AFP PHOTO/VANDERLEI ALMEIDA (Photo credit should read VANDERLEI ALMEIDA/AFP/Getty Images)

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Brazilian super model, Gisele Bundchen (R), watches as Imperio Serrano samba school members perform down the Sambodrome on the first night of the Carnival samba school parade in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on February 22, 2009. Carnival is the biggest and most popular celebration in Brazil and runs throughout the country until February 24. AFP PHOTO/VANDERLEI ALMEIDA (Photo credit should read VANDERLEI ALMEIDA/AFP/Getty Images)

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Salim Langatta and Gisele Bundchen attend the Vladimir Restoin-Roitfeld exhibition opening at 169 Bowery on February 17, 2009 in New York City. Vladimir Restoin-Roitfeld Presents David Mushegain, Salim Langatta and PC Valmorbida 169 Bowery New York, NY United States February 17, 2009 Photo by Bennett Raglin/WireImage.com To license this image (56769089), contact WireImage.com

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Model Gisele Bundchen attends Vladimir Restoin-Roitfeld's presentation of work by David Mushegain, Salim Langatta and PC Valmorbida at Collective Hardware on February 17, 2009 in New York City. Vladimir Restoin-Roitfeld Presents David Mushegain, Salim Langatta and PC Valmorbida Collective Hardware New York, NY United States February 17, 2009 Photo by Charles Eshelman/FilmMagic.com To license this image (56773084), contact FilmMagic.com

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 17)

3-30-2009 @ 8:03PM

luke j chung said...

Kind of presumptuous to claim another woman's biological child as your own, if not outright arrogant!

3-30-2009 @ 9:10PM

gabenrob said...

yo! I'm for the mom's sake!

3-30-2009 @ 9:22PM

FireBall said...

I strongly disagree. I think she is exhibiting traits of many Europeans and their willingness to protect the children of their community, their worlds. If more American (primarily fathers), check the ghettos, prisons and methlabs, would step up half the way Gisele is this country would have a much brighter future. Of course the child knows the difference, and likely always will. Why argue with her unselfich, nurturing attitude? Really? Save the children. If anyone would shun this, or any, child for the circumstances of the conception may you be judged twice as roughly at something you do.

3-30-2009 @ 9:38PM

Ashley said...

Amen, fireball, a child can never have too many people that love him in his life. I, for one, would much rather the woman married to the father of my child loved & took care of my child, as opposed to the opposite. But too many mothers are too selfish to look at it that way, they see it as a negative thing when "the other woman" is too nice to her children. Hmm, a little f'd up if you ask me.

3-30-2009 @ 10:35PM

Sassy said...

I agree Luke - also if she did 'love' the child and it was about the child not about herself she should let the relationship be primarily about the boy and his father - it seems mean and confusing what she is doing - if it were coming from a place of 'love' she would have respect for the child's mother - and the child by letting it be about him and his dad-

3-30-2009 @ 10:49PM

skianderin said...

All I got to say is this: If she tries to get between the boy and his mother, he will grow to hate her when he grows up for disrespecting his mother.

3-31-2009 @ 3:58AM

Dudley Haas (Wacko, Taxes) said...

It's tough having six kids. At least having a housekeeper helped keep them in line. All in all, Mike and Carol did a good job parenting. Greg, Marcia, Peter, Jan, Bobby & Cindy all turned out well. I just wish I could iron the wrinkles out of my wife's face.

3-31-2009 @ 4:17AM

The best thing about being an american is that EVERYTHING goes to the woman. I'm just glad I get to keep my bald head and the B-9 mole on my 4-head since they are attached and can't be snatched.

3-31-2009 @ 11:03AM

Michael said...

Who gives a flying frig? God, you're making up a story because a person WANTS to love a child that isn't hers, while people like Travis Henry have 11 kids by 10 mothers that he doesn't support??

Get your priorities in order....WTH is this, POP Eater?? I thought I was on the NFL page.....jeeeeeeeeeeez

3-31-2009 @ 11:01PM

kmt1018 said...

yeah - she's all about playing mommy to a child whose mother she has completely stuck it to in the media - though if dressing her dogs in designerware during the worst economy of her lifetime shows anything about her maternal side...

4-01-2009 @ 2:45AM

Ana said...

She is not European, she is Brazilian. She is also a narsicist which is where these comments are really coming from, not from some noble intention.

3-30-2009 @ 8:11PM

leicor said...

when you have a baby from your husband's former relationship in your life, that young, if you don't open your heart & your life, and give 100%, you, baby, father, everyone, will all miss out. Ms. Moynahan should feel fabulous her son is so totally welcome in his father's new family life! May they all raise this baby the best way possible, and giving your 100% love & dedication is pretty wonderful!

3-30-2009 @ 10:37PM

Dr. Bespalova said...

She should feel thankful?! Why am I not hearing any outrage about the fact that he left his child and family because he just didn't get along with the mother?! He's a selfish pig and I can't believe Gisele or anyone would marry him after he abandoned his child. This tells me a lot about her. Oh, it's so cute how they share custody! He should have behaved like a real man and made a family for his son! All I ever hear is what a perfect looking couple Tom and Gisele are. Sick!

3-31-2009 @ 1:47AM

martina said...

It's one thing to love and accept the baby, it's another to try and take over as that childs mother when the biological mother is still in the childs life. The child has a mother and a father, she can be the step mother, not the mom, how selfish of her.

4-01-2009 @ 2:17AM

Linda said...

I would much rather Gisele feel the way she does about John than the way my ex's new wife feels towards my kids. When they go to see their father they have to sleep either on the couch or a blow up on the floor. They cant sleep in "her" kids room even tho her kids dont live there. And my ex is paying for the place. So Bridget better be happy that Gisele loves this little boy. She also better be happy that it was Gisele that kept encouraging Tom to keep a good relationship with Bridget. And one more thing...English isnt Gisele's first language, some of what she meant might have been switched around in her translation. And Bridget better wise up, if she gets married some day her husband just might feel the same way Gisele feels.

3-30-2009 @ 8:13PM

dovemeek said...

Yeah that seems a little strange, and even if you feel like that, the child was still born to another woman no matter how strongly you feel about that and there should be respect for the other woman inside and out.

Kristie said...

Thats just a stab at the bio mother and she knows it..

3-30-2009 @ 8:14PM

Chris G said...

I agree with lukej. Not a nice thing to say. It seems she's trying to say I have him and now I'm going to have your baby too.

Jennifer said...

Gisele is a fool... If the shoe were on the opposite foot, I think she would be outraged that another woman made a comment like that about her own child...She loves the kid, great... But Gisele knew exactly what she was saying when she made those abrasive comments. If I were Bridget, I would not feel comfortable with my son spending so much time with someone I have never met. And now, I'd be downright pissed. Gisele, keep your mouth shut next time...